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Evaluation of the Functioning of the Plymouth Nuffield Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Neil Kessel ,
Christine Hassall ,
Robert Blair ,
John M. Gilroy ,
Francis Pilkington  and
Kenneth F. Weeks
Neil Kessel
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Gaskell House, Swinton Grove, Manchester
Christine Hassall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Robert Blair
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
John M. Gilroy
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Francis Pilkington
Affiliation:
Moorhaven Hospital, Ivybridge, South Devon
Kenneth F. Weeks
Affiliation:
Plymouth Nuffield Clinic, Seven Trees, Plymouth
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When the Plymouth Nuffield Clinic was planned it was decided to evaluate its functioning in respect of the adult psychiatric services in Plymouth. This paper reports the findings. The Nuffield Clinic project was a joint venture between the hospital service and the local authority, so that they might collaboratively discharge their respective tasks in both the spirit and the letter of the 1959 Mental Health Act. Pilkington (1966) has described the ideas and the stages leading to the creation of the clinic.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 118 , Issue 544 , March 1971 , pp. 305 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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